Mother wins $1m for IVF mix-up but may lose son

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Two doctors who kept their botched procedure secret have created a legal conundrum where people who have never met must share parenting of a child

A WOMAN who gave birth to a test-tube baby at the age of 48 has been awarded $1 million (£550,000) in damages after an infertility doctor accidentally gave her an embryo intended for a married couple.

The doctor, fearing that his patient would abort the mixed-up embryo, decided against telling her about the error, even though he knew about it within minutes of the procedure. He later admitted to his patient that he decided to leave the matter “in God’s hands”.

The cover-up was revealed after an anonymous tip-off ten months after the baby, a boy, was born. His mother,